53 cool container gardens

Looking through this tabletop is like peering into a tidepool with leafy greens at its depths. The succulents rooting here include hen and chicks, red-blushed <i>Aeonium arboreum</i>, a spiny aloe, and tiny sedums.

Thomas J. Story

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Urn and succulents as patio table

Root succulents by putting them in an 18-inch-diameter urn filled to 6 ½ inches below the rim with potting soil, then center a 24-inch round of tempered glass ― sold as a tabletop ― on the rim. The mini-greenhouse doubles as a table for a lightly shaded patio.

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